Mafia 4 is set to use a 1990s/early 2000s retro aesthetic inspired by the TV hit The Sopranos, much like GTA: Vice City and its 1986 Miami style worked for Rockstar and 2002 Grand Theft Auto.
The Mafia series has already traversed the core elements of the gangster genre, from the prohibition era of the 1930s in the original game, through the post-war opportunism of the 1950s in Mafia 2, and the posh 1960s. and free-spirited in Mafia. 3. For the now confirmed Mafia 4, the obvious choice would be the 1970s. It serves as the perfect backdrop for the next Mafia game. Driving around the neighborhood in a big muscle car, dressed in a turtleneck suit and aviator pants, it’s easy to imagine you’re playing a story about the mafia getting into drug dealing and fighting.
But it’s an obvious choice, and a visual style that’s already been touched on by games like Driver and certainly 2006’s forgotten crime sim Made Man. Especially looking at horror games right now, you can see a growing craze for the 1990s. The makers of games like Puppet Combo carved a significant niche for themselves with blocky graphics and a PS1-style world layout, and even if I don’t feel like admitting for fear of collapsing on the keyboard, the 90s are long enough enough to be considered truly retro. . When GTA: Vice City came out in 2002, its fictional version of 1986 Miami was only 16 years old. Meanwhile, 1995 was 27 years ago. If the Mafia wants to stay tied to the past, there’s nothing wrong with setting Mafia 4 in the era of the Spice Girls, Tamagotchi, and dial-up Internet.
It’s one of the things that makes The Sopranos visually distinctive. Those bulky mobile phones, Reebok tracksuits and sleek BMW M5s make David Chase’s latest television opus still stand out today. It’s something we’ve never seen in video games before, and it could pave the way for a very different mob story. Instead of following Cosa Nostra through its various glory hours, either during Prohibition or at the height of its political power in the 1950s, setting Mafia 4 in the 1990s would allow us to experience the fall years. of the mafia and its gradual decline.
I remember the dark, impending doom that pervades both Grand Theft Auto 4 and Red Dead Redemption 2, that feeling that you, to paraphrase Tony Soprano when he first met Dr. Melfi, are “eventually” throwing yourself into something. “. Just as Mafia 3 shattered expectations by having you fight the mob instead of fighting them, in a story steeped in racial politics from America’s deep south, Mafia 4, set in the ’90s, could have changed things in a typical situation. dynamic.” filth to the kings”. Open world games.
And think about the music. radio head. Nirvana. Tupac Son of Destiny. Mafia 4 may have a jukebox soundtrack to rival Vice City. All the ingredients are in place and I seriously hope that 2K doesn’t go back to something more anticipated and hackneyed like the 70’s or even 80’s just because they might have a more proven track record. Mafia 4 set in the ’90s could have been an open-world gangster game like we’ve never seen before, a downward journey where we see the mafia’s era of impunity come to an end, rather than the now-familiar rise. the powerful storytelling that this genre often delivers. Given the way the series was reimagined for Mafia 3, I wish the same desire for originality permeated the sequel.
Although it has been officially confirmed, Mafia 4 is apparently a few years away, and “Mafia 4” is actually still a working title. While you wait for more information, we encourage you to try some of the best sandbox games and the best crime games on PC. There’s also a seemingly imminent arrival of GTA 6, so be sure to check out everything we know about the GTA 6 release date, facts and speculation as Rockstar presumably prepares to return to Vice City.
Source : PC Gamesn
